For those who pre ordered the next installment of the Star Wars series, Star Wars: Battlefront II, the beta starts tonight Wednesday the 4th of October at 7pm AEDT with the open beta starting the same time on Friday the 6th and runs until Monday the 9th.

There’s been a long wait for fans since the last Battlefront was released, almost two years ago. This time around the developers were able to put their time and resources together to develop a single player campaign for the game which was noticeably absent from the first Battlefront. From the story trailer, we know you play as Iden Versio, commander of the Inferno Squad on the side of the Empire with one final command from the Emperor. Operation Cinder is the first step in securing the future for the Empire and your Squadron is crucial to it’s success.

One of the Emperors messengers briefs you on Operation Cinder

To play the beta this week you’ll need a PC that can handle it, below are the minimum and recommended specs to play Battlefront II.

There will be both new and returning planets to the multiplayer maps as well as 5 multiplayer game modes. During the beta period there will be daily challenges that will open up each day and completing them will earn you in game rewards including a Founder’s Crate just for playing the beta. Inside the crate will be credits, an exclusive emote for Darth Maul and a rare trooper Star Card that you will get to keep after the beta when the game is released.

Pre Order Beta Challenges

October 4th: Assault Trooper Challenges – Play as an Assault trooper, play as all four trooper classes, and defeat 150 enemies in any mode to earn rewards.

October 5th: Battle Points and Hero Challenges – Use your Battle Points to become a Hero, play as both a Light and Dark Side Hero, and defeat 20 enemies as a Hero to earn rewards.

October 7th: Galactic Assault Challenges – Play a round of Galactic Assault, defeat 20 enemies while playing as a Reinforcement, and play as, and defeat a trooper, a reinforcement, a hero, and a villain to earn rewards.

Star Wars Battlefront II is set for release on November 17th unless you buy the Deluxe edition which will let you start a few days earlier on the 13th of November. Unfortunately you’ll have to wait until the beta goes live to start downloading one of the biggest ‘ever distributed’ betas by EA as the pre-load option begins the same time as the beta. You can buy Battlefront 2 from the Origin and EA store in Standard and Deluxe edition.

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